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Two Austin Smith goals from Friday night that can only be described as backhand spinoramas ... both of them.
MUST WATCH VIDEO
Two Austin Smith goals from Friday night that can only be described as backhand spinoramas ... both of them.
A.Smith seems to tear up the ECHL but when he get's a shot at the AHL he's quiet.
I don't like jumping to go negative on a coach. It usually takes me a while.
So I'll first say I understand why Willie is playing to win, and besides his run ins with the OKC Barons, he's done an excellent job of turning these guys into a very good team.
I don't like that he's not exactly prospect-centric in a developmental league .... but I think it's impossible to say Austin Smith should be characterized has quiet in the AHL when he really hasn't been given any opportunity other than on the 4th line.
I personally believe the time in the ECHL was great for Smith, and there is no reason this guy should be playing limited minutes in the AHL from this point forward.
Are we going to lose a goalie? I know both Robinson and Besko are on loan but I can't see both being called up and Robinson has been playing better over the whole season but Besko has been playing better for the past 6 weeks or so. They have pretty much been splitting starts during that time and their numbers are basically the same except for the Loss column.
Are we going to lose a goalie? I know both Robinson and Besko are on loan but I can't see both being called up and Robinson has been playing better over the whole season but Besko has been playing better for the past 6 weeks or so. They have pretty much been splitting starts during that time and their numbers are basically the same except for the Loss column.
A tweet Heika retweeted. Good to see Beskorwany putting up great numbers after his rough start.
@WillHoenike: Last 9 starts for @Steelheads G Tyler Beskorowany - 6-1-2, .944 save percentage, 1.75 goals against average. #ECHL
Are we going to lose a goalie? I know both Robinson and Besko are on loan but I can't see both being called up and Robinson has been playing better over the whole season but Besko has been playing better for the past 6 weeks or so. They have pretty much been splitting starts during that time and their numbers are basically the same except for the Loss column.
Never noticed this post before.
I think you'll keep both guys until at least the NHL trade deadline. There's two ways Dallas can approach the backup goalie situation.
1) They can decided that they need 3 goalies because of a condensed 48 games schedule, and gamble on losing Bachman or Nilstorp for nothing in the summer.
2) They can move one closer to the trade deadline for probably an underwhelming return.
If Lehtonen is still healthy at the deadline, I think they gamble and move a goalie.
As I type this though I remember the trade deadline is in April. Don't the ECHL playoffs start by then or soon after?
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Yep. But as long as we keep one it will be fine. We've been the victim twice of losing the only good one late in the playoffs to a call up. The numbers are pretty identical so I don't care which one stays or goes, just not both. But with the top 2 lines getting gutted this week it might not matter now much anyway. Tristan King is the best forward now so that doesn't excite me much.